Introducing February’s wine of the month, the appropriately named Love Chew from Nouveau Wine.

Mild, juicy and excellent for chilling (we like it served straight from the fridge), Love Chew is constructed from 100% Cinsault, and is a mix of outdated block vines in addition to youthful vines. It’s fermented in stainless-steel to offer freshness and undergoes a course of referred to as Carbonic Maceration which provides its signature flavour of boiled sweets (we promise, it tastes wonderful). Alongside this, it options pink fruits resembling strawberry, raspberry and a bitter cranberry be aware. It has mild tannin however is clean on the palate and an general easy-drinker.

Made utilizing low-innervation farming, this implies hand-harvested grapes, sustainable farming practices and spontaneous fermentation – Nouveau depart the wild yeasts that exist already on the grapes and within the vineyard work their magic.

With flavours of pink berries, candied sweets and saline, we love this vegan wine served chilled from the fridge.

To rejoice we spoke to the pinnacle Nouveau Wine winemaker in South Africa to search out out extra about how this recent pink wine is produced.

What does a winemaker do?

A winemaker merely guides the product to its remaining vacation spot. We need to make one thing distinctive and have folks expertise what you’ve gotten skilled throughout the rising of the grapes and the making of the wine – all these flavours that you simply get for once you open up a bottle of wine.

What’s low-intervention winemaking?

Low-intervention winemaking is the place the winemaker doesn’t do an excessive amount of to the wine, they merely ensure that every part runs easily however doesn’t intervene. There are not any extra components added to the wine and the naked minimal quantity of sulphites or none in any respect. There’s no filtration – you do not take something out of the wine that is not speculated to be there.

What winery practices makes Love Chew ‘low-intervention’?

An essential low-intervention winery observe just isn’t utilizing systemic chemical substances to deal with the winery. We’re extra targeted on rising wholesome vines as an alternative of treating the signs of illness and pests so we focus quite a bit on soil well being. You probably have wholesome soil you’ve gotten wholesome vines and in case you have wholesome vines, you’ve gotten wholesome grapes.

Why does Nouveau Wine select to make use of Outdated Vines?

Utilizing outdated vines offers you grapes with a greater high quality, so subsequently a greater testing wine.

How outdated are the Outdated Vines?

An Outdated Vine in South Africa needs to be a minimal of 35 years outdated. Within the trade, it was commonplace to drag out older vines and begin new however the ‘Outdated Vine Mission’ which began a couple of decade in the past, goals to protect these older vines.

What affect does the age of the vines have on the wine?

The age of the vine has an enormous affect on the standard of the wine. When a vine is younger it tends to be fairly vigorous. Because it grows older it reduces its yield and the grapes on the vine get much more concentrated. This makes a superior high quality grape which is then mirrored within the wine.

What’s ‘carbonic maceration’ and what impact does this have on the wine?

Carbonic maceration is the place the fermentation of the berry occurs inside itself as a result of atmosphere within the tank. CO2 is added however the grapes aren’t crushed so the grapes change into little tanks of their very own.

It will increase the fruit profile within the wine which makes provides flavours of pink and blackberry to the wine. It additionally decreases the tannin extraction of the wine since you do not break the pores and skin cells of the grape.

What’s one of the simplest ways to serve Love Chew? How chilly ought to it’s?

Serving Love Chew chilled helps to extend the expression of the recent fruit flavours within the wine.

What do you get once you odor Love Chew?

I choose up so many pink berries – cranberries come first to thoughts but in addition forest-floor berries, blackberries…It is like a bowl of juicy berries!

What do you get once you style Love Chew?

Let’s discuss in regards to the color first – as you’ll see it’s a flippantly colored wine which displays its lighter, elegant construction and clean tannin on the palette. Then you definitely’ve acquired the continuation of these juicy berry fruits in addition to a boiled candy/candied high quality from the carbonic maceration course of.

Questioning the right way to get pleasure from tour new favorite wine? Love Chew pairs very well with…

Fable Crimson Miso & Soy Beef Stir Fry
Belazu Rose Harissa Paste
I’m Nut Okay – Black Truffle Nerominded
Torres Vegetable Crisps

Attempt Love Chew right here now and look at the complete Nouveau Wine vary right here.